Brian Corcoran

🔒Big plays in a small market: What it takes to run a pro sports team in Portland

The Portland Sea Dogs, Maine Mariners, Maine Celtics and Portland Hearts of Pine are all year-round businesses with seasonal demands and pressure to win games and championships.

The University of New England nets research partnership with Maine Mariners

Participating students will engage in long-term, collaborative industry research with the Mariners to study and advance business goals at Maine's only pro hockey team.

What a dozen Maine movers & shakers resolve to do in 2025

While the resolutions are as varied as the individuals they come from, there were a few common themes.

We’re No. 1: Portland tops the US in ranking of minor-league sports towns

Maine's largest city has displaced Charleston, S.C., as the country's top-rated minor league sports market, according to a widely read industry publication.
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Drive Fore Kids Celebrity Golf Tournament raises $200K for Maine charities

Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital and the Dempsey Center will each receive $100,000 from proceeds of the three-day tournament.

Portland pro soccer team unveils name and branding, starts selling merch

The Portland Hearts of Pine will hold tryouts this fall and hold its first tame at Fitzpatrick Stadium in spring 2025.

‘Buckle up, Maine’: 2024 business predictions span space to sports

To kick off the new year, Mainebiz asked more than a dozen movers and shakers from different sectors for their 2024 business predictions. The prognostications offer much food for thought.

Year in review: 10 Maine sports headlines in 2023

From baseball to pickleball, 2023 has been a busy year for the business of sports. Here are 10 headlines that grabbed readers' attention this year.
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From Hollywood to hockey, 29 celebrities plan to tee up at Maine charity golf tourney

Athletes, actors and TV personalities will vie for a $250,000 prize purse at the Drive for Kids Celebrity Golf Invitational next June in Falmouth, helping raise funds for the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland.

‘Embrace uncertainty’ and other takeaways from the Mainebiz CEO Forum

Six panelists representing a range of ideas shared 60 ideas in 60 minutes at a Wednesday morning event in Freeport.
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